"We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy-well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world."

-- Laura Lippman

#Wise Quotes #Smart Quotes #Skins Quotes

“Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.”
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
“I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.”
“There are those who see a problem and there are those who will not give up until they find a solution - finding a solution is what the Full Stop Foundation is about”
“I think I land somewhere between Scorsese and Capra in what I'm drawn to emotionally; I'm drawn to very intense emotion. Capra freaked people out when they saw Jimmy Stewart lose it in 'It's a Wonderful Life.”

Source : "David O. Russell is Back in the Neighborhood". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2012.
“The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.”
“Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.”
“Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'”

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